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readthenotes1yesterday at 7:16 PM2 repliesview on HN

In the USA, at least, "every student college bound" has led to colleges being simply more high school but at an enormous cost of creating indentured servents.

It will be very hard to to force colleges to downsize to the appropriate population count. Lots of prestige and money on the line


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rolphyesterday at 8:58 PM

the size of the cohort isnt the problem, its the enshrinement of catechisms that perpetuate a mentality of blue collar legacy.

consensus1yesterday at 9:29 PM

It would actually be very easy. Just stop subsidizing them with student loans from the government.